The setting, education, youth, and marriage -- Local politics during Ivan's youth -- Junior member of the family firm : merchant life in Dmitrov -- Young paterfamilias -- Leading citizen -- Eminent trickster -- Moscow townsman -- A new equilibrium
Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It challenges the stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded and offers important new insights into th…
Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a revealing portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It challenges the stereotypes of Russian merchants as tradition-bound and narrow-minded and offers important new insights into th…
The politics of Catherinian Russia: the Panin Party
